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Mumbai tops ranking for tap water quality; Delhi finishes at bottom
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said that tap water in Delhi and several other cities did not comply with the requirements according to a study conducted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
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Manoj Tiwari defends Shekhawat over 'Delhi's water quality better than Eur
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 6 (ANI): BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday said that Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's statement that Delhi's water quality is better than European standards was based on what Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apprised him.
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Depleting groundwater level, overexploitation among major challenges in p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Monday said that the depleting groundwater level, overexploitation and deteriorating quality of water are major challenges in providing clean drinking water.
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Water treatment cuts parasitic roundworm infections; Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): A recent study in rural Kenya explored the effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions because of the increasing rates of the intestinal worm and Giardia infections.
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Improvements in water quality could off-set climate change impact on river
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jun 4 : A study by Cardiff University's Water Research Institute and the University of Vermont has suggested that the ecological impact of climate change on rivers could be minimised by improving the quality of water.
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NMCG, Physikalisch-TechnischeBundesanstalt organize workshop on water qual
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb 20 (ANI): National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in collaboration with Physikalisch-TechnischeBundesanstalt (PTB) organized a one-day workshop on PTB-Ganges Project, “Strengthening of Water Quality for Monitoring Water Quality of Ganga”, at NMCG headquar
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Delhi water is full of arsenic, fluoride: Report
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (NewsVoir): Water quality in Delhi is on alarming situation, as per a recent Lok Sabha secretariat reports east and northeast districts of Delhi are undergoing arsenic contamination of groundwater, furthermore other districts have recorded nitrate and fluoride poll
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Floating Lab set up to monitor Manipur's Loktak Lake
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India] Mar 9 (ANI): The Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Laboratory (IBSD), Imphal, set up a floating laboratory in northeast India's largest freshwater lake, Loktak to constantly monitor its water quality and eventually improve it.
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No-tillage alone not enough against water pollution
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that the adoption of no-till - a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage - may increase water pollution from nitrate via leaching.
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Centre announces 'Har Ghar Jal' to accomplish mission of safe dr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.22 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday launched National Water Quality Sub Mission on Arsenic and Fluoride to provide safe drinking water to about 28,000 affected habitations in the country by March 2021, with an outlay of Rs 25,000 crore.
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University of Chicago Urban Labs, Delhi govt. announce finalists for local
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): The University of Chicago Urban Labs and the Delhi government has announced the finalists in the Urban Labs Innovation Challenge: Delhi in an effort to improve air and water quality in one of the world's most polluted cities.
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